fMRI

English

Etymology

From f- +‎ MRI.

Noun

fMRI (countable and uncountable, plural fMRIs)

1. (uncountable, radiology) Initialism of functional magnetic resonance imaging.

   Synonym: fMRI scanning

   Hypernyms: MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), radiography, MRI scanning

   • 2008, Raymond C. Browne, Forensic Psychiatry Research Trends, page 125:

     fMRI has not been carried out yet in the group of paedophilia or other paraphiliae. Given the much better spatial and in particular higher temporal resolution it may be the tool of preference.

   • 2015: Vogt, Nina (December 2015). "fMRI goes individual". Research Highlights. Nature Methods 12 (12): 1112. doi:10.1038/nmeth.3677

     Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) visualizes the blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) signal in the brain, which indexes neural activity.

2. (countable, radiology) Initialism of functional magnetic resonance imager.

   Synonyms: fMRI scanner, fMRI machine

   Hypernyms: MRI (magnetic resonance imager), radiograph, MRI scanner, MRI machine

3. (countable, radiology) Initialism of functional magnetic resonance image.

   Synonym: fMRI scan

   Hypernyms: MRI (magnetic resonance image), radiogram, MRI scan

Synonyms

• functional MRI

 

Derived terms

• fMRI machine
• fMRI scan
• fMRI scanner
• fMRI scanning

 

Related terms

• functional
• MRI

 

See also

• fluoroscopy

 

Anagrams

• FRIM, firm, frim